Government Negotiates Housing Measures After Eviction Protests
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The Spanish government is talking with the political party Junts about housing.
This happens after protests about the eviction of a woman named Maricarmen.
People protested because Maricarmen lost her home.
She spoke from the hospital. She said: "I could not save my home, but I fought."
The government wants to stop evictions by vulture funds. These are companies that buy many homes and evict people.
The government also wants a tax break for people who rent their homes.
This means less tax for renters. This is called IRPF in Spain. It is the tax on personal income.
Other new ideas are also on the table. One idea is a penalty for landlords who raise rent too much.
Another idea is to make it easier to build new homes.
A third idea is to give more protection to tenants, the people who rent homes.
These are the first steps by the government after the protests.
Vocabulary15 words
- Junts
- a political party in Spain
- eviction
- when someone is forced to leave their home
- vulture funds
- companies that buy homes to make money, even if people lose their homes
- IRPF
- the Spanish tax on the money people earn
- penalty
- a punishment, often money you must pay
- protection
- keeping someone safe from harm
- tenants
- people who pay to live in a home they do not own
- landlords
- people who own homes and rent them to others
- negotiate
- to talk to reach an agreement
- suspend
- to stop something for a time
- tax break
- paying less tax
- protest
- when people show they are angry about something
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- rent
- money you pay to live in a home you do not own
- hospital
- a place where sick or hurt people go for help
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1. Because Maricarmen lost her home 2. Evictions by vulture funds 3. "I could not save my home, but I fought"
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The Spanish government is talking with the political party _____ about housing.
This happens after protests about the _____ of a woman named Maricarmen.
People protested because Maricarmen lost her _____.
She spoke from the _____. She said: "I could not save my home, but I fought."
The government wants to stop evictions by _____ funds.
The government also wants a tax break for people who _____ their homes.
This is called _____ in Spain.
One idea is a _____ for landlords who raise rent too much.
A third idea is to give more _____ to tenants.
These are the first steps by the government after the _____.
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